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    First Computer?

    Arg... Mixed up words. "remarkable achievement". You know what I mean...
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    First Computer?

    Based on my amateurish experience, that was a recommendable achievement. When DVD and digital TV came (late-90s, early 2000s?), I really hated that I had to burn subtitles to a picture when creating... um... copies for my personal and completely educational use. Text file based subtitles did...
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    First Computer?

    Should I be worried that I know almost all the computers mentioned in this thread? By name, of course, not that I have ever seen all of them. Only ones I didn't recognize were PC-2 (thought this was stupid one - I should have known it), Research Machines 380Z and PDP 11/45. Atari 520STFM...
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    Shutdown

    When I began to realize what autism is, I thought that "shutdown" is something like what happens to me. Shutting down the system. Going to a near-catatonic state. But now that I have read more about it, I have began to realize that almost all on-line resources describe it as "retreating from...
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    Whats your unique quirk or way you do things? (Ie. Tick or stim or routine)

    Oh, good... A little update to an importance of my movie night: Right now I am sick. I am a constant source of sneeze, cough and snot. My eyes get watered and I can't keep them open too long without itching and blurring of vision. But then a movie starts... Absolutely nothing. All ceases...
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    What is the purpose of spoken language?

    Add body language, facial expressions, tones of voice etc. Which are first forms of communication (at more complex level than just saying "danger" or "me here") *). Spoken language is merely built on those, and apparently proven so practical that while other forms of communication (body...
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    Confusion over financial subjects

    Familiar thing to me. I can be an expert on a matter, but I just don't remember terminology or recall the terms, and tend to mix terms when trying to talk in normal pace. It is like I am more tuned to remember concepts rather than words. Converting a concept to words is like making an extra...
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    Confusion over financial subjects

    Oh, sorry. I didn't realize it was about inflation protection. It is better that I shut up now and go to sleep, it is getting late and we are talking about complex issues.
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    Confusion over financial subjects

    Okay... To everyone in this thread with "get rich quickly" hopes: You should be aware of, and understand, concepts like the random walk, efficient market theory, alpha decay, and arbitrage opportunity elimination. About the subject itself: Currency trading (and any kind of trading actually)...
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    people who say they don't want help

    I agree with others that you don't have to eat at same time as he does... I am one of those people who don't feel hunger or thirst. I have a steady timetable and predefined amounts of food I eat to keep myself running properly. I can't wait for a feeling of hunger or I'll end up dead by...
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    The "Framing Bias" - a cognitive bias

    I think this is called "bias blind spot".
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    The "Framing Bias" - a cognitive bias

    This notion might appear as framing bias of its own considering how flattering it is to self-esteem and ego 😊 Clarification: As mentioned above, this would work best if we would be completely logical without emotional aspect. But we are not... Sentence above is framed in such way that this...
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    Seeing patterns

    Hmm... I consider myself as a good programmer. My methods might be unorthodox and outdated (I am 80s kid), but they work and are efficient at first try (thought automatic optimization and consideration about speed of the code was more useful back in 80s and 90s, while today readable code is more...
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    My name is Jess, I think I may be on the spectrum

    Sorry... Could you say that again in other words? I quite didn't catch what you mean. Were you saying that you suspect to be an example of an autistic person who excels unusually well in some specific field (as I implied when I was curious about Outdated's score)?
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    My name is Jess, I think I may be on the spectrum

    IQ scores for population follow normal distribution, average being 100 and deviation being how much scores variate around the average in such way that 68% of population fit to that variance. Mensa-membership requires IQ score that is 100 + 2 x deviation or more (thus 2.3% of population qualify)...
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